DENAM: The air is chill. This would make a foul place for battle. Let's on to Brigantys.
CRESSIDA: That you stand before me can only mean my mother and I are forever parted.
DENAM: She profaned the dead. I'll not mourn her passing. Yield now, or rejoin her in the ever-world.
[A knight arrives.]
CRESSIDA: Hektor? What are you doing here?
HEKTOR: I've come on word of Master Nybeth. He foresaw these attacks on you and your mother. He sees much that escapes the ken of lesser men.
CRESSIDA: But Sir Xaebos would never consent to divide his forces, few as they are.
HEKTOR: The high commander turned a blind eye when I made from the castle. You are the sister of my betrothed, may she rest in peace. I could not sit idle knowing the danger you faced.
CRESSIDA: Thank you, Hektor.
HEKTOR: There is no fiercer guardian of this place than your mother. Her absence is a warning.
CRESSIDA: This was their work.
HEKTOR: Then we have all suffered a dire loss.
HEKTOR: Cressida, you should hurry to Brigantys. Let me deal with these dogs!
CRESSIDA: Rubbish. We fight them together! They've claimed my sister's life, and now my mother's. I owe them dear!
HEKTOR: Please, Cressida! Master Nybeth ordered me to see you returned safe to the castle. Go. for me, if not for him. After all we've lost, to lose you is more than I could bear!
CRESSIDA: I'll not go! Not for you, or my father, or anyone!
HEKTOR: We are beaten. The high commander would never say as much, but the people of Galgastan are no longer with us. Master Nybeth is not one to deny hard truths. He sees reality, and so he fears for your safety. I am a knight. I swore an oath to Galgastan...and your sister. I vowed to stand by them in life, and in death. I beg you, save yourself. You must understand. Without you, who would there be to remember Moldova and me as we were?
CRESSIDA: My sister chose her husband well.
[She leaves.]
HEKTOR: Now my love turns to vengeance, Denam of Golyat! I am Hektor Didarro, son of Briam, Knight of Galgastan. I thank the Father for bringing you before me this day, Denam of Golyat! On the souls of my destined wife and her mother, I swear you will not live to see another dawn!
[They fight.]
HEKTOR: You are a ferocious warrior, Denam. Though you be my foe, I'll not deny you that. The blood of innocents stains your name, your kinsmen hunt you, and still your blade does not waver. My father, Briam, had the right of it when he said you would not meet your end here.
DENAM: I want no praise from a creature of Balbatos.
HEKTOR: Fair enough. Only think not that all of Galgastan's Knights gloried in doing as we were bid. Duty, honor, loyalty...a knight is nothing without these. I could not break the oath I swore to Galgastan.
DENAM: Then cast down your sword and surrender! It's Xaebos we're after!
HEKTOR: No matter how futile my struggle, I'll never surrender. I will not break the vows I swore to my kingdom and my beloved! Fate ordained our meeting. To do less than fight to the end is to dishonor those who've fallen!
DENAM: You're as stubborn as you are loyal. Are you so eager to join Moldova and Cassandra in death? There is a future for Valeria - for Galgastan - if only you had eyes to see it!
HEKTOR: I do as my liege lord bids. Such is the warrior's lot.
DENAM: Then this frozen plain will be your grave!
[Denam defeats Hektor.]
HEKTOR: You are a worthy foe...Denam of Golyat. Xaebos may have met his...match. I beg one kindness only. Cressida...my beloved's sister. Take pity on her. Ah...Moldova. I...I return to your side.
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